Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-07-30

that will make the lame nan leap like
"a hart. Gather all the sheep OH OF all
the mountains. None so torn or the
| dogs, none so sick. zone so worried,
none so dying as to be omitted. Why
not gather a great flockP All Brook
lyn in a flock; all New York in a flock,
all London in a flock; all the world in
a flock. This we'll of the gospel is
deep enough to put out the burning
thirst OF the twelve hundred million OF
the race. DO not let the church, by a
spirit of conclusiveness, keep the world
out Let down all the bars, swing
open all the gates. scatter all the invi-
~tations: whatsoever will, les HIM
come" Come. white and black. Come,
red men of the forest. Come, Lap
lander, out of the snow. Come, Pata-
CONAN, out of the heat. Come in furs.
Come painting under palm leaves.
Come one. Come all. Come now.
As at this well of Mesopotamia, jacob
morning, at this well Of salvation,
Christ our Shepherd will meet you COM
ing up with your long tlocks of cares
and anxieties, and He will stretch
out His hand in pledge of His affection,
while all heaven will cry out: BE
hold the bridegroom cometh, 60 ye out
to meet him."
IMPLEMENTS TO SALVATION.
You notice that this well Of Mesopo-
tamia had a stone on it which must be
removed before the sheep could be
watered; and ] find on the we'll Of sal
walton to-day impediments and obsta-
Giles, which must be removed in order
that you may obtain the refreshment
and life OF this Gospel. In your case
the impeachment is pride Of heart. You
cannot bear to come to so democratic
a fountain; you do not want to come
with SO many others. 1t is to you like
when you are dry, coming to a town
pump, as compared to sitting in a parlor
slipping out of a chased chalice which
has just been lifted from a silver salver.
Not so many publicans and sinners.
You want to GIT TO heaven, but it may
be in a special car, with your feet or
a Turkish ottoman and a band of music
on board the train. You do not want
to be in company with rustic Jacot
and Rachel, and to be drinking out o.
the fountain where ten thousand sheer
have been drinking before you. You
will have to remove the obstacle O
pride, or never find your way to tn,
we'll. You will have 0 come IS W,
came, willing to take the water o
eternal life in any way, and at any
hand, and in any kind of pitcher, cry
ing out: "Oh, Lord Jesus, l am dyin.
, of thirst. Give me the water of eterna
, life. whether in trough or goblet; Civ,
me the water of life; l care not il
what it comes to me-" Away with al
your h%indrances Of pride from tn,
wells mouth.
Here is another man who is KEEP
back from this water of life by tn,
stone of an obdurate heart, which lies
over the mouth of tho well. You hav,
, no more feeling upon the subject thar
t if God had:yet to do you the first kind
ness, or you had to do God the frs
, wrong. Seated on his lap all thes'
years, His everlasting arms shelterin!
! you, where is your gratitudep Wher,
i. is your morning and evening prayer
: Where are your consecrated livesp
say to you, rs Daniel said to Belshaz
Ear: The God in whose hand IN,
: breath is, and all thy way, thou has
not glorifed." If you treated any
body rs badly as you have treated God
you wou.d nave made five hundre'
apologies Yea, your whole life woul
have been IN apology. Three times
y day you have been seated at God
Q table. Spring, summer, autumn an,
: winter he has appropriately apparelle'
you. Your health from Him, you
companion from Him, your childre,
fran Him, your home from Him; a
the bright surroundings of your lif
from Him. o man, what dost tho
with that hard hearth Canst thou no
! feel one throb of gratitude toward tn
God that made you, and the Christ VIII
. came to redeem you, and the Hol,
c Ghost who has all these years beer
importuning you? IL you could ST
, down five minutes under the tree Of
Saviours marty rdom, and feel hi
> warm life ~trickling on your fore
head, and cheek, and hands, methink
you would get some appreciation o
/, what you owe to a cruciiied Jesus.
"Heart OF stone, relcnt, %relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued;
See His body, mangled, rent,
Covered with a gore OF blood.
Sinful soul, what hast thou done1
Crucified the eternal Son"
Jacob with a good deal of tug ant
push took the stone from the we'll
mouth, so that the tlocks might be-
watered. And | would that this morn,
ing my word, blessed Of God, might
remove the hindrances to your getting
up to the Gospel well. Yes, l take il
for granted that the work is done, and
new, like Oriental shepherds, l pro.
coed To water the sheep.
THE DISSATISFIED SOUL.
Come. all We thirsty! You have
an underlined longing in your soul. You
tried money making; that did not sat
isfy you. You, 81 office under gov.
eminent; that did not satisfy you. Yor
tried pictures and sculptures; but the
works of art did not satisfy you. You
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